October 8, 1956 A Needed Artery
- Improvement will provided an expressway from the Tri-borough Bridge northward through East bronx to the New England Thruway.
January 24, 1958 Bronx Detours Slated
- Police Department announced plans to rechannel traffic.
- traffic would be redirected in area between 140th street and Longwood avenue.
- northbound center and service roadways will be closed at 140th street
January 25, 1959 Bronx Foreseen as New City Hub - Bronx described as industrial construction and city's futuer commerical and industrial hub.
- highways and rail network and substantial frontier makes it logic for the expansion of the city concerns.
- difficult for manufactuers to transport what they need in time.
- lots of people able for labor in the bronx.
- some of mahnattan's commerical activity will spill into the bronx.
October 4, 1959 Plans Approved for Bronx Road
- 90 % of cost will be paid by the U.S
- other 10 % will have to be paid by the state
- 4.7 miles
- $ 26,850,000 section of the Bruckner Expressway in the bronx was approved.
- improvement also on an exptension of two mile $ 30,800,000 first section of Expressway.
- new york state scheduled to benefit under program extent of $ 1,700,000,000 over next thirteen years.
August 2, 1960 Bronx Road Going Nowhere till '63
- Bruckner Expressway ends in the air at 141st north to Layfayatte Avenue.
- will remain "highway to nowhere" till Febuary 1963.
- will include links to the major deegan expressway when finished.
August 24, 1960 State to Speed Building of Two Highways in the Bronx
- Plans for construction of two highways in the bronx will be speed up announced by a State Public Works Department
- Superintendent J. Burch McMorran reported that the Bruckner Expressway will be finsined in late 1962 instead of Febuary 1963.
September 1, 1960 Bruckner Expressway
- This was a letter to the New York Times.
October 18, 1962 Elevated Road To Open in Bronx
- Expected to create major traffic between New York and New England.
- Opened October 18, 1962
- By christmas the expressway will hook up with the Sheridan Expressway which will channel vechicels to the Cross-bronx Expressway
- 7.6 miles in total , the Bruckner Expressway will cost about $ 76,000,000.
- 90% of the total amount will be paid by the Federal Government. The rest will be paid by the State.
- will add six lanes to the existing 12 to the Bruckner
Why were these built? Why connect them? Where did they lead? What does that say about the Bronx? When was the Cross Bronx created? You need to organize these questions. Which ones emerged from your reading of which articles. Do any of the data you found in later articles help you answer any of these questions?
- Improvement will provided an expressway from the Tri-borough Bridge northward through East bronx to the New England Thruway.
January 24, 1958 Bronx Detours Slated
- Police Department announced plans to rechannel traffic.
- traffic would be redirected in area between 140th street and Longwood avenue.
- northbound center and service roadways will be closed at 140th street
January 25, 1959 Bronx Foreseen as New City Hub
- Bronx described as industrial construction and city's futuer commerical and industrial hub.
- highways and rail network and substantial frontier makes it logic for the expansion of the city concerns.
- difficult for manufactuers to transport what they need in time.
- lots of people able for labor in the bronx.
- some of mahnattan's commerical activity will spill into the bronx.
October 4, 1959 Plans Approved for Bronx Road
- 90 % of cost will be paid by the U.S
- other 10 % will have to be paid by the state
- 4.7 miles
- $ 26,850,000 section of the Bruckner Expressway in the bronx was approved.
- improvement also on an exptension of two mile $ 30,800,000 first section of Expressway.
- new york state scheduled to benefit under program extent of $ 1,700,000,000 over next thirteen years.
August 2, 1960 Bronx Road Going Nowhere till '63
- Bruckner Expressway ends in the air at 141st north to Layfayatte Avenue.
- will remain "highway to nowhere" till Febuary 1963.
- will include links to the major deegan expressway when finished.
August 24, 1960 State to Speed Building of Two Highways in the Bronx
- Plans for construction of two highways in the bronx will be speed up announced by a State Public Works Department
- Superintendent J. Burch McMorran reported that the Bruckner Expressway will be finsined in late 1962 instead of Febuary 1963.
September 1, 1960 Bruckner Expressway
- This was a letter to the New York Times.
October 18, 1962 Elevated Road To Open in Bronx
- Expected to create major traffic between New York and New England.
- Opened October 18, 1962
- By christmas the expressway will hook up with the Sheridan Expressway which will channel vechicels to the Cross-bronx Expressway
- 7.6 miles in total , the Bruckner Expressway will cost about $ 76,000,000.
- 90% of the total amount will be paid by the Federal Government. The rest will be paid by the State.
- will add six lanes to the existing 12 to the Bruckner
Why were these built? Why connect them? Where did they lead? What does that say about the Bronx? When was the Cross Bronx created? You need to organize these questions. Which ones emerged from your reading of which articles. Do any of the data you found in later articles help you answer any of these questions?